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The item Limelight, Janus Films ; mk2 Diffusion ; original story and screenplay by Charles Chaplin ; directed by Charles Chaplin, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Kent District Library.

A former vaudeville star, Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, is now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina who lives downstairs

Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Disc 2: Chaplin's "Limelight": Its evolution and intimacy (a new video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson); Claire Bloom and Norman Lloyd (new interviews with the actors from 2015 and 2012); Chaplin today: "Limelight" (a 2002 documentary on the film); Outtake (scene involving an old, armless friend of Calvero's that was removed before the film's worldwide distribution); Charlie Chaplin reads from Footlights (archival audio recording of Charlie Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights which is the basis for Limelight); Short films: A night in the show (1915 ; 25 min., accompanied by a 2014 score by composer Timothy Brock), The professor (1919 ; 7 min., uncompleted film); Trailers. Booklet includes an essay by critic Peter von Bagh

A former vaudeville star, Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, is now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina who lives downstairs

Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Disc 2: Chaplin's "Limelight": Its evolution and intimacy (a new video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson); Claire Bloom and Norman Lloyd (new interviews with the actors from 2015 and 2012); Chaplin today: "Limelight" (a 2002 documentary on the film); Outtake (scene involving an old, armless friend of Calvero's that was removed before the film's worldwide distribution); Charlie Chaplin reads from Footlights (archival audio recording of Charlie Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights which is the basis for Limelight); Short films: A night in the show (1915 ; 25 min., accompanied by a 2014 score by composer Timothy Brock), The professor (1919 ; 7 min., uncompleted film); Trailers. Booklet includes an essay by critic Peter von Bagh

Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Disc 2: Chaplin's "Limelight": Its evolution and intimacy (a new video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson); Claire Bloom and Norman Lloyd (new interviews with the actors from 2015 and 2012); Chaplin today: "Limelight" (a 2002 documentary on the film); Outtake (scene involving an old, armless friend of Calvero's that was removed before the film's worldwide distribution); Charlie Chaplin reads from Footlights (archival audio recording of Charlie Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights which is the basis for Limelight); Short films: A night in the show (1915 ; 25 min., accompanied by a 2014 score by composer Timothy Brock), The professor (1919 ; 7 min., uncompleted film); Trailers. Booklet includes an essay by critic Peter von Bagh